Great, thanks guys, truly a newb question. From some more reading regarding the J1 on the BBB, it seems OK to use a 5V FTDI board since BBB was designed with the pin corresponding to 5V being disconnected. I have some credit at Sparkfun but they actually have several versions. Plus there's the Bus Pirate as well...
On Thursday, March 6, 2014 10:53:42 AM UTC-5, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:45 AM, Brad Hopper <[email protected]<javascript:>> > wrote: > > Folks, > > > > It seems to take a while for the BBB to boot. I'm going to check out the > > newly posted Debian image soon, but also wanted to know if there's any > way > > to watch the boot in a terminal i.e. without using HDMI. I don't have a > > micro HDMI cable and was hoping not to get one. > > > > Is there a type of terminal connection which will persist through a > reboot, > > so that the boot sequence could be seen? Not even sure if there's > anything > > to see, just suspected that the boot sequence spends some time "waiting > on > > xyz..." where xyz is probably something I don't need. > > Stick a usb-serial adapter on J1 and watch the full boot process, plus > the terminal is enabled, so you can use it once it boots. > > Regards, > > -- > Robert Nelson > http://www.rcn-ee.com/ > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
